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Testimonial: 

Santa  Rosa,  Cat. 

August  28th,  1922. 
Dear  Doctor  Gibson.- 

I  wish  to  thank  you  most  heartily  for  your  kindness  in  sending  me 
your  wonderful  treatise  on  appendicitis.  You  have  in  this  work  not  only 
cleared  up  some  very  important  points,  'but  you  have  gone  to  the  founda- 
tion-facts of  the  whole  matter  as  no  one  else  has  ever  done  before,  as  far 
as  I  know.  In  fact,  I  hardly  think  that  any  one  else  could  have  made 
the  matter  so  plain  as  you  have  done. 
I  icish  to  thank  you  heartily. 

Faithfully  yours, 

(Signed)  LUTHER  BURBANK. 


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By  DR.  AXEL  EM1L  GIBSON 

I 

The  anatomical  structure  which  more  than 
any  other  trembles  under  the  shadow  of  the 
surgical  scissors  is  the  vermiform  appendix,  the 
presence  of  which  in  the  human  abdomen  is  by 
most  physicians  regarded  as  a  misconception  of 
nature,  uncalled  for  as  function  and  undesirable 
as  organism.  On  the  strength  of  this  supposi- 
tion it  has  almost  become  a  code  of  honor  for  the 
surgeon  never  to  permit  an  appendix  to  pass  scot- 
free  if,  in  his  search  for  some  other  anatomical 
offensive,  he  has  had  an  occasion  to  enter  the 
abdominal  field.  And  this  by  the  double  reason, 
that  while  from  the  standpoint  of  the  surgeon 
the  appendix  may  have  the  greatest  commercial 
value — sometimes  worth  its  weight  in  gold — to 
the  patient  it  is  represented  to  be  not  only  abso- 
lutely worthless,  but  by  its  very  nature  a  per- 
petual, ever  threatening  menace  to  its  owner. 


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II 

So  far  so  good.  The  meaning  and  destiny  of 
the  appendix,  however,  would  not  be  so  rashly 
disposed  of  did  we  consider  more  closely  the 
physiological  fact,  that  in  the  entire  evolution  of 
species,  the  human  individual  alone  is  menaced 
by  this  appendix.  For  neither  fish  nor  fowl  nor 
four-legged  creatures  have  even  the  first  rudi- 
ment of  this  critical  organ.  And  furthermore, 
if  we  are  to  maintain  the  position,  held  by  mod- 
ern science,  that  the  human  being  is  an  exten- 
sion and  improvement  upon  the  animal,  then  the 
appearance  of  the  vermiform  appendix  in  the 
abdomen  of  this  more  advanced,  more  perfect 
species  of  evolution — homo  sapiens — must  have 
a  direct  and  positive  relation  both  to  his  own 
physiological  necessity,  and  to  his  position  in 
the  ranks  of  biologic  and  physiologic  evolution. 

In  the  strange  coincidence  which,  with  very 
few  exceptions,  occurs  between  the  removal  of 
an  appendix  and  the  growing  evil  of  constipa- 
tion, is  found  an  indication  as  to  the  relation  of 
this  structure  to  human  physiology.  And  as  its 


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location  is  at  the  very  point  where  the  right 
colon  starts  its  career  of  ascension  in  direct  op- 
position to  the  pull  of  gravity — it  is  merely  a 
matter  of  simple  logic  to  connect  the  function 
of  the  appendix  with  the  power  of  intestinal 
peristalsis.  For  if  the  removal  of  the  appendix 
causes  constipation,  there  must  be  active  in  the 
appendix  an  agency  directly  engaged  in  pro- 
moting the  movement  of  the  bowels  in  that  crit- 
ical section  of  the  alimentary  canal,  where  the 
waste  matter  starts  its  upward  course  in  the 
perpendicularly  ascending  colon. 

This  argument  receives  added  strength  from 
the  fact  that  the  vermiform  appendix  is  not 
present  in  the  animal.  For  owing  to  the  hori- 
zontal position  of  the  animal  body  the  right 
colon,  in  place  of  moving  upwards  moves  for- 
ward, and  hence  requires  no  specialized  consti- 
tutional assistance  to  overcome  the  pull  of  grav- 
ity. It  was  only  after  the  creature  had  as- 
sumed the  erect  position — become  a  human — 
that  evolution  had  to  take  recourse  to  the  devel- 
opment of  a  new  function,  to  cover  needs  aris- 
ing from  the  subsequently  altered  anatomical 
position. 


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III 

That  Nature  was  adequate  to  the  task,  and 
made  a  perfect  success  of  the  innovation  is  evi- 
dent to  everyone  who  obeys  her  vital  laws  and 
lives  the  simple,  useful  and  self-governed  life. 
The  dangers,  which  our  medical  science  associ- 
ate with  the  presence  of  the  appendix,  were  never 
realized  by  mankind,  until  through  life-sapping 
indulgences  in  feeding  and  drinking,  the  per- 
istaltic nerve  power  became  unable  to  empty  the 
appendix  and  keep  it  free  from  decomposing 
accumulations. 

Now,  what  poisons  the  system  more  effectively 
perhaps  than  any  other  dietetic  indiscrimination 
is  the  promiscuous  mixtures  of  raw  and  cooked, 
sweet  and  acid,  starchy  and  greasy  foodstuffs 
that  constitute  our  daily  meals,  followed  by  a 
haphazard  "  combination  salad, "  which  with  its 
accompanying  nondescript  dressings  of  mus- 
tard, cream,  egg,  vinegar,  pepper,  sugar,  etc., 
are  as  shocking  to  the  gastric  secretions  as 
a  charge  of  powder  to  a  house  furnace.  Any 
mixture  comprising  fruit,  grains,  sugar,  milk, 


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meat  and  vegetables  at  the  same  meal,  gives  rise 
to  fermentation,  and  as  fermentation  is  the  re- 
sult of  bacterial  action,  which  again  in  its  turn 
always  follows  the  chemical  break-down  of  in- 
congruous foodstuffs,  it  follows  that  the  acids 
arising  from  fermentation  are  entirely  of  bac- 
terial origin  and  represent  the  end  product  in 
the  long  chain  of  organic  break-down  of  the 
system.  Hostile  to  every  form  of  constructive 
life — whether  in  the  farmer's  soil  or  in  the  tis- 
sues of  the  human  body — the  fermentative  acids 
represent  the  "night-side "of  nature,  and  their 
absorption  by  the  system  starts  a  progressive 
weakening  and  disorganization  of  the  entire  cell- 
world  in  the  human  body,  which  will  manifest  it- 
self in  the  part  of  the  body  where  the  strain  is 
heaviest  and  the  organism  weakest — whether  it 
be  in  the  vermiform  appendix,  the  tonsils  or  the 
teeth. 


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IV 


The  trail  of  the  serpent  as  indicated  in  the 
chain  of  pathological  events  is  thus  readily  rec- 
ognized. Fundamentally  and  principally,  with 
the  exception  of  accidents,  there  is  but  one  ever- 
present  cause  of  disease:  excess  in  feeding,  and 
the  bacterial  fermentations  arising  from  this 
excess,  and  from  wrong  mixtures.  For  it  must 
always  be  recognized  that  fermentation  indi- 
cates organic  break-down  of  the  system  and  its 
subsequent  passing  into  the  hands  of  destructive 
bacteria — these  wreckers  and  excavators  of  or- 
ganic nature,  whose  work  is  to  demolish  and  re- 
move collapsing  physiological  structures.  Or, 
from  another  angle,  fermentation  is  the  crema- 
tory or  incinerator  by  which  Nature  gets  rid  of 
her  biological  garbage-cans.  Out  of  this  physio- 
logical combustion  arise  those  bloodless  spectres, 
which  in  form  of  bacterial  acids  bring  disease, 
infirmity,  and  premature  decay  to  the  human 
creature.  For  these  acids,  which  receive  their 
distinctive  names  from  the  kind  of  foodstuffs 


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engaged  in  the  process  of  fermentation — car- 
bonic, oxalic,  lactic,  uric,  biliary,  butyric  and 
other  acids  which  in  the  form  of  catarrh  and 
ulcers — veritable  physiological  rust — attack  and 
eat  up  the  tissues  of  the  body,  like  rust  a  piece 
of  iron,  or  fire  a  stick  of  wood — though  the  pro- 
cess is  slower  and  may  extend  over  months  and 
years  of  human  suffering. 

Suspended  in  the  blood  stream  and  carried 
from  cell  to  cell  of  the  body,  a  menace  to  every 
diseased  or  enfeebled  organ — the  liver,  kidneys, 
muscles,  joints,  nerve-trunks,  etc., — the  wither- 
ing attacks  of  these  acids,  in  the  course  of  time, 
would  destro}^  every  tissue  of  the  body,  and  re- 
duce the  human  creature  into  a  smouldering  ash- 
heap — were  it  not  for  the  ever-present  fore- 
thought of  Nature,  by  which  every  departure 
from  normal  life  is  anticipated  in  the  antidotes 
and  correctives  installed  in  the  system  for  the 
neutralization  of  every  threatening  condition 
that  may  arise  in  the  unfoldment  of  human  life. 

Lined  up  on  both  sides  of  the  neck,  the  tonsils 
constitute  links  in  the  living  chain  of  vital  de- 
fense works  arranged  for  the  protection  of  the 
nervously  delicate  organs  of  special  sensation — 
the  organs  for  seeing,  hearing,  smelling,  tasting 
.and — thinking.  The  presence  in  the  blood 


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stream  of  noxious  acids  leads  to  corrosive  at- 
tacks on  the  exposed  tissues,  with  the  subse- 
quent formation  of  sediments  from  broken-down 
cells,  which  like  silt  in  shallow  rivers  cause  ob- 
struction in  the  physiological  channels  of  transit. 
This  means  a  clogging  up  of  the  drainage  pipes 
of  the  vascular  exchanges  in  the  neck  where  the 
circulating  fluids  in  the  network  of  lymph-ducts 
and  capillaries  proceed  to  form  pools  of  stag- 
nant fluids,  and  lay  the  foundation  for  that  sin- 
ister symptom  of  tissue-degeneracy  known  as 
"dry  catarrh." 


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The  "drainage"  thus  dried  up  is  a  part  of 
that  ingenious  sewer  system  of  the  body  with  its 
central  service  in  the  activity  of  the  lymphatic 
glands  of  the  neck,  known  as  tonsils.  The  brain 
especially,  whose  thought  processes  are  evolved 
through  the  exchanges  between  the  hemoglobin 
of  the  arterial  blood,  and  the  phosphoretic  fat  of 
the  gray  matter,  depends  for  its  clearness  of 
thought  and  calmness  of  judgment  on  the  chem- 
ico-physiological  balance  of  the  blood-stream. 

It  is  thus  self-evident  that  the  congestion  of 
the  circulating  fluids  that  strike  the  tonsils  with 
inflammation  and  sepsis  is  simply  due  to  the  in- 
capacity of  its  filter  service  to  cope  with  the 
increasing  stream  of  sewerage  which  the  indi- 
vidual, through  his  over  indulgence  of  food, 
throws  into  it.  From  which  it  follows,  that  to 
cut  out  a  diseased  tonsil  is  about  as  sane  and  as 
logical  as  to  scrap  a  congested  filter  apparatus 
because  of  the  sediment  accumulating  in  it.  And 
though  a  tonsil,  after  having  become  thoroughly 


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infected  by  a  poison-breeding  indigestion,  in  its 
turn  may  become  a  secondary  source  of  poison- 
ing to  the  system — the  fact  should  never  be  lost 
sight  of  that  the  primary  and  fundamental 
cause  lies  in  man's  indulgence,  and  that  the  only 
effective  treatment  of  his  tonsils  is  to  keep  him 
away  from  foods  that  fill  him  with  tonsil-  smoth- 
ering sewerage. 

That  there  may  be  advanced  cases  of  organ- 
ized infection,  when  surgical  intervention  be- 
tween the  man  and  his  different  appendices  is 
necessary,  can  not  be  doubted,  though  at  the 
same  time  a  slight  knowledge  of  dietetic  prin- 
ciples coupled  with  some  moral  enthusiasm  and 
personal  self-respect  could  have  entirely  pre- 
vented it.  As  we  sow,  so  we  must  reap,  and 
having  sown  the  dragon's  teeth  we  must  of 
course  be  prepared  to  reap  its  crop  of  serpents. 

But  even  in  the  impaired  condition  in  which 
we  find  mankind  today,  over  90  per  cent  of  dis- 
eased tonsils  and  appendices  could  be  saved  and 
restored  to  usefulness.  But  the  individual  must 
take  himself  in  hand,  and  with  courage  and  calm 
judgment  enter  upon  an  active  campaign  against 
his  own  degenerate  existence.  •  And  as  errors  in 
diet  are  accountable  for  at  least  four-fifths  of 
the  world's  physical  breakdown,  the  first  .move 


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should  be  to  eliminate  all  such  foods  from  the 
bill  of  fare  that  lead  to  fermentation  and  acid- 
ity, viz.:  cream,  grease,  pastry,  rich  soups  and 
gravies,  sour,  spiced  dressings,  white,  sifted 
flour,  and  any  form  of  manufactured  sweets.  On 
the  other  hand  we  should  choose  our  sustenance 
from  natural  unfermented  foods,  such  as  fresh 
vegetables,  whole  wheat  or  rye  bread,  lean,  fresh 
meat,  and  fruit  in  the  season — the  latter  how- 
ever, to  be  enjoyed  by  itself,  separated  from  the 
principal  meals.  Furthermore,  small  meals  and 
thorough  mastication  are  indispensable  to  health- 
ful, virile  life. 

But  more  important  perhaps  than  any  other 
treatment  of  congestion  and  inflammation  is  a 
few  days'  deliberate  fast.  This  gives  the  system 
free  hands  to  take  up  the  new  business  and 
throw  every  available  energy  into  the  systemic 
emergency.  In  place  of  cutting  out  his  tonsils, 
teeth  and  appendix,  the  physician  should  cut  out 
his  French  dinners,  Dutch  lunches  and  Irish 
breakfasts.  This  might  bring  in  less  business  to 
the  surgeon,  but  it  would  certainly  insure  a  new 
existence  for  the  patient — new  health,  wealth 
and  happiness  to  himself  and  his  family. 


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VI 


To  sum  up  the  argument,  let  us  once  for  all 
impress  the  facts  upon  our  minds,  that  the  ap- 
pendix and  the  tonsils  are  not  sport  structures 
for  experimental  surgery,  but  hold  positions  of 
greatest  importance  to  human  health  and  effi- 
ciency; that  the  thousands  of  years  of  culture 
and  civilization  when  man  has  been  associated 
with  his  appendix  have  proven  that  this  organ 
has  not  been  an  obstruction  to  his  march  of 
progress,  but  capable  of  sustaining  a  virility  and 
health  of  the  ancients,  which  its  present  theory 
of  obligatory  removal  turns  into  a  hollow  mock- 
ery ;  that  surgical  operations  with  their  unavoid- 
able anesthetics  mean  profound  nervous  shock 
to  the  entire  system,  and  should  therefore  be 
made  use  of  only  aa  a  last  resource ;  that  the  re- 
moval of  tonsils  or  appendix,  if  not  accompanied 
by  advices  of  the  physician  how  to  avoid  a  repe- 
tition of  the  error  that  caused  the  disorder,  is 
downright  malpractice ;  and  finally,  that  any 
form  of  treatment — medically  or  surgically — to 


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which  a  patient  submits  with  a  view  of  being 
able  to  continue  with  impunity  an  indulgence  in 
the  old  error,  demands  a  price  of  vital  and  moral 
energy  which  can  only  be  paid  by  mortgaging 
every  cell  and  organ  of  his  body  commonwealth. 

It  is  only  natural  to  be  well.  As  long  as  we 
obey  the  laws  of  Nature  we  need  have  no  fear. 
Only  the  madman  distrusts  his  own  organism. 
Like  the  law  of  gravity  the  laws  of  life  act  with 
unceasing  energy  upon  every  unit  of  her  sub- 
jects. And  where  every  unit  is  intact,  and  every 
organ  is  present  and  responsive,  health  and 
power  is  inevitable. 

With  a  slight  alteration  of  the  old  proverb 
accredited  to  the  wise  old  King  Solomon,  we  may 
close  with  the  observation  that  he  that  ruleth  his 
stomach  is  mightier  than  he  that  conquers  a  city. 


Practical  Preventatives 

DIETETIC  THERAPY 
Dejeuner  de  Luxe 

1.  Oatmeal,  cornmeal,  phosphomeal  or  rice, 
cooked  up  with  a  sliced  onion,  a  sprig  of  parsley 
and   %   teaspoonful   flaxseed   meal,   boiled   l1/^ 
hours  and  served  with  unsalted  butter  or  olive 
oil,  but  without  bread. 

2.  Chopped  young  onions  and  parsley  roasted 
lightly  in  a  chafing  dish,  and  when  done  turned 
into  an  egg  omelet.    Served  with  rye  bread  toast. 

3.  Dried  prunes  soaked  over  night,  and  sim- 
mered over  slow  fire  in  the  morning  until  soft 
and  done.    Seasoned  with  a  teaspoonful  sugar  of 
milk,  and  served  with  well  toasted  rye  bread  and 
unsalted  butter. 

4.  Baked  apple  with  milk  sugar  and  whipped 
coddled  egg.     Small  slice  of  toasted  rye  bread. 

5.  Pint  of  fresh  cow's  milk — warmed — and  a 
shredded    wheat    biscuit.      Tablespoonful    lime- 
water. 


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Lunches  (Raw) 

1.  Two  heaping  tablespoonfuls  of  grated  raw 
carrots,  to  which  add  two  teaspoonfuls  of  olive 
oil,  %  cup  of  hot  water  and  a  pinch  of  salt.    Stir 
briskly    and    serve    with    parsley,    lettuce    and 
toasted  rye  bread. 

2.  Water  cress ;  parsley ;  grated,  raw  turnips ; 
pecan  nuts ;  olive  oil ;  rye  bread. 

3.  Lettuce;  dandelion;  celery;  parsley;  soft 
boiled  egg ;  rye  bread  toast  and  unsalted  butter. 

4.  Bermuda  onions  and  cucumbers  seasoned 
in  salt  water,  served  with  lettuce,  parsley,  crisp 
bacon — small  slice — rye  bread,  toasted  or  stale. 

Suppers   (Cooked) 

Any  selection  of  two  or  three  of  the  following 
vegetables  —  steamed,  roasted,  baked  or  boiled: 
Spinach,  parsley,  Irish  potatoes,  onions,  rice,  car- 
rots, turnips,  fresh  young  garden  peas,  garlic, 
dandelion,  parsnips,  okra,  squash,  asparagus, 
artichoke,  celery  root,  string  beans  (not  canned), 
corn  off  cob,  cauliflower,  green  onions,  egg  plant, 
cabbage,  Brussels  sprouts,  kohl-rabi,  kale. 

If  meats  are  desired  selections  should  be  lim- 
ited to  the  upper  cut  of  a  round  steak,  lean  mut- 


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ton,  lean  bacon,  turkey,  wild  goose,  chicken, 
sand  dab,  sole,  barracuda.  (No  shell  fish,  ham  or 
fresh  pork.) 

Meats  or  fish  should  never  be  fried  or  boiled 
or  prepared  into  vegetable  stews.  Milk  should 
never  be  used  in  cooking.  Nor  should  meat  and 
vegetables  be  cooked  together,  as  the  chemistry 
of  cooking  renders  them  both  indigestible. 
Gravies,  dressings  and  greasy  soups  are  to  be 
avoided. 

Once  a  day  during  the  week  either  fish,  egg, 
or  meat  may  be  used. 

Potatoes  or  beans  should  never  be  used  with 
breadstuffs  or  cereals. 

No  desserts  in  any  form — either  as  fruit, 
pastry,  preserves  or  ice  cream — should  ever  be 
allowed  at  meals.  They  not  only  delay  digestion, 
but  start  processes  of  fermentation  injurious  to 
the  entire  system. 

Fruits,  either  apples,  grapes  or  oranges,  are 
allowed  at  bedtime  only,  and  only  in  their  re- 
spective season,  and  one  kind  at  the  time. 

Upon  rising,  one  hour  before  breakfast,  drink 
a  tumbler  of  distilled  water,  to  which  has  been 
added  2  teaspoonfuls  of  lemon  juice. 


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ABORTIVE  THERAPY 

If  actual  attack  of  the  disease  is  under  hand 
put  the  patient  to  bed  and  apply  hot  woolen 
compresses  over  the  region  of  tenderness.  The 
compresses  should  be  wrung  out  in  a  solution  of 
one  part  of  vinegar  to  twelve  parts  of  boiling 
water,  and  removed  every  twelve  minutes  during 
one  hour  and  a  half,  when  a  warm  enema  of  ^2 
gallon  salt  water  and  1/2  pint  of  olive  oil  should 
be  administered. 

After  the  bowels  move,  the  abdomen  should  be 
massaged  in  lodex  ointment  and  permanently 
covered  by  a  dry  bandage  or  girdle  of  woolen 
cloth.  The  girdle  should  surround  the  entire 
waist  and  be  pinned  snugly  to  the  inner  gar- 
ment. 

The  lodex  massage  of  the  abdomen  may  be 
continued  a  few  minutes  every  evening  and 
morning,  until  every  symptom  of  weakness  has 
been  removed. 

An  elevation  of  the  foot  end  of  the  bed  some 
six  inches  will  equalize  the  circulatory  pressure 
and  be  of  great  value — also  a  few  minutes  loco- 
motion on  hands  and  feet  before  breakfast  con- 
fers great  benefit  on  the  entire  system. 


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INDEX  PURGATORIO  DIETA 

Avoid  the  sweets, 

Avoid  the  sour— 
The  greasy  meats, 

The  sifted  flour. 

Fried,  boiled  or  stewed  meats. 

Any  form  of  pork. 

Fruit  with  meat. 

Fruit  with  cereals,  mushes  or  vegetables. 

Mixtures  of  raw  and  cooked  vegetables. 

Mixtures  of  raw  and  cooked  fruits. 

Potatoes  in  any  other  form  than  baked. 

Cereals  or  breads  and  potatoes  at  the  same  meal. 

Alcoholic  beverages. 

Extracted,  concentrated,  fermented  foods. 

Shortened,   spiced,   "fruited,"  patent-sifted  or 

bran-mixed  breadstuffs. 
Grease,  gravies,  soups,  stews,  dressings. 
Milk  as  a  table  beverage. 
Nuts,  with  meat,  eggs  or  beans. 
Salmon,  lobster,  oyster,  shrimp. 
Canned  meats  or  fish. 
Candy  or  pastry  in  any  form. 
Ice  cream  or  other  cream. 
Any  form  of  food  that  does  not  grow  on  a  root, 

hang  on  a  tree,  or  swim,  run  or  fly. 


24      The  Salvaging  of  the  Appendix 

Excitement,  worry,  nervousness,  hurry,  tem- 
per, despondency,  criticising  attitude,  heated 
discussion  at  meals,  affect  the  system  as  positive 
poisons.  No  unkind  word  should  ever  be  spoken 
at  meals.  The  gastric  secretions  are  as  sensitive 
to  conditions  of  the  mind  as  the  sensitive  plate 
of  the  camera  is  to  light.  Joy  exhilarates  diges- 
tion ;  gloom  depresses  or  vitiates  it.  Eating  is  a 
business  in  itself  and  should  be  separated  from 
all  other  mental  or  physical  engagements.  To 
eat  with  the  end  in  view  of  health,  usefulness 
and  service,  insures  the  greatest  return  of 
strength  and  joy  to  the  eater. 


Facts  and  Fancies  in  "HEALTH  FOODS" 

Castilian  Cover.     128  Pages.     Price  75c. 
TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

1.  Basis  for  Longevity — True  or  False. 

2.  The  Failure  of  the  Calories. 

3.  Food  Mixtures  that  Disturb  Digestion. 

4.  The  Psychic  Factor  in  Digestion. 

5.  Does  Bran  and  Hull  Cure  Constipation? 

6.  Temperament  and  Nutrition. 

7.  The  Psychology  of  Meat-eating. 

8.  The  Law  of  Individuality  in  Diet. 

9.  Acid-free  Diet  More  Important  than  "Mucous-free." 

10.  The  "Bulgarlzed"  Milk  Indulgence. 

11.  The  Magic  of  Fleischman's  Yeast. 

12.  Sugar — Food  or  Poison? 

13.  Right  and  Wrong  Side  of  Coffee. 

14.  The  Use  and  Misuse  of  Honey. 

15.  Health-Foods  that  Spell  Health. 

16.  The  Scientifically  Balanced  Bill-of-Fare. 

17.  Things  to  be  Avoided. 

18.  General  Constructive  Therapeutics. 

April  19,  19&. 
Dr.  Axel  Emil  Gibson, 
Dear  Sir: 

Your  two  books,  "Facts  and  Fancies  in  Health  Foods"  and 
"New  Light  on  Living"  received,  and  I  thank  you  very  much 
for  them. 

These  books  contain  a  great  deal  that  is  new  and  worthy 
of  careful  consideration  and  are  sure  to  be  of  value  in  solving 
some  of  the  everyday  problems  of  life.  Your  handling  of  the 
fads  in  eating  is  very  good  indeed  and  should  open  the  eyes 
of  your  readers. 

Sincerely  yours, 

(Signed)     L.  W.  ESTERBROOK,  M.D. 
Amanuensis,  Library  of  Congress,  Washington,  D.  O. 


Dear  Doctor  Gibson: 

I  have  carefully  read  your  book,  "Facts  and  Fancies  in 
Health  Foods,"  and  wish  to  say  that  it  is  one  of  the  b^est 
books  on  food  that  I  have  ever  had  the  pleasure  of  reading. 
It  is  concise  and  to  the  point.  The  article  that  you  have 
written  regarding  Honey,  is  alone  worth  the  price  of  the  book. 
I  have  recommended  this  book  to  the  students  of  the  Mecca 
College  of  Chiropractic  and  I  think  that  in  the  near  future 
you  will  receive  a  number  of  orders. 

Very  sincerely, 

F.  W.  COLLINS,  D.O.,  D.C.,  M.D., 
Dean  of  the  Mecca  College  of  Chiropractic. 


NEW  LIGHT  ON  LIVING 

Price  75c 
TABLE  OP  CONTENTS 

1.  Up  to  Nature — not  "Back-to-Nature." 

2.  Looking  at  Nature,  or  Looking  Into  Nature. 

3.  Imitation — Mental  Suicide. 

4.  Historical  "Back-to-Nature  Men." 

5.  An  Analysis  of  Forced  Water  Drinking. 

6.  The  "Unfired"  Food  Theory. 

7.  Pepper  and  Salt,  Friends  or  Enemies? 

8.  The  Einstein  Theory  Applied  to  Life. 

9.  The  Great  Fruit-Indiscrimination. 

10.  Salt-Treatment  as  a  Cure  for  Cancer  and  Tuberculosis. 

11.  The  Problem  of  Quantity  in  Feeding. 

12.  Self-directed  Evolution. 

13.  "Lest  We  Forget." 

The  book  contains  the  picture  of  the  Author. 


Mr.  Axel  Emit  Gibson, 

Los  Angeles,  California. 
Dear  Sir:  September  27,  1922. 

We  should  be  very  glad  to  accept  for  careful  and  permanent 
preservation  in  this  Library  a  copy  of  your  recently  published 
volume  entitled  "Neio  Light  on  Living." 

The  additional  favor  of  your  autograph  upon  the  fly-leaf 
would  be  greatly  appreciated. 

Yours  truly, 
UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA  LIBRARY, 

Per  8.  B.  Mitchell,  Associate  Librarian. 


Dr.  A.  E.  Gibson, 

Los  Angeles,  Calif. 
Dear  Sir:  August  21.  1922. 

One  of  our  patrons  has  come  in,  telling  us  of  a  new  book 
published  recently  by  you.  called  t(New  Light  on  Living." 

We  would  be  grateful  if  you  cared  to  remember  the  library 
in  this  instance  as  you  have  done  heretofore.  At  least  I  am 
told  that  we  hare  copies  of  your  earlier  books  and  that  they 
were  gifts  to  the  library.  We  flnd  the  demand  consistent  for 
your  works,  and  would  be  glad  to  have  the  new  book  added 
to  our  shelves. 

Please  know  of  our  full  appreciation  of  your  former  favors. 

Very  truly  yours, 
LOS  ANGELES  PUBLIC  LIBRARY, 

Los  Angeles,  California. 
GUY  E.  MARION,     Assistant  Librarian. 


BLOOD  AND  NERVE  DISEASES 

SPOKESMAN  REVIEW 

Spokane,   Wash. 
NATURAL  REMEDIES 

BLOOD  AND  NERVE  DISEASES,  by  Dr.  Axel 
Gibson.  (Christopher  Publishing  Co.) 

This  is  Dr.  Gibson's  latest  contribution  to  the 
science  of  human  nutrition.  Through  the  agencies 
of  food,  motion,  breathing  and  thought  the  most 
destructive  diseases  of  the  blood  and  nerves  can  be 
cured.  This  book  is  based  on  many  years  of  experi- 
ence and  covers  all  the  important  factors  in  building 
up  a  new  system  and  a  sound  circulation.  The 
chapter  on  the  drugless  treatment  of  nervousness 
will  be  found  valuable.  Food  seems  to  be  the  founda- 
tion of  health  and  balance. 


ATHOL,  MASS.  CHRONICLE 

July  27,  1922. 

BLOOD  AND  NERVE  DISEASES,  by  Dr.  Axel 
Emil  Gibson.  Price  $1.50. 

This  book  is  based  upon  many  years  of  experience 
in  the  handling  of  problems  connected  with  the  all- 
important  subject  of  food  values.  It  should  be  in 
every  home.  Get  a  copy  at  once. 


DELAWARE  LEDGER 
Newark,  Del. 

Sept.  8,  1922. 

BLOOD  AND  NERVE  DISEASES,  by  Dr.  Axel 
Emil  Gibson.  Price  $1.50. 

This  book  is  not  too  technical  for  popular  reading 
and,  therefore,  should  be  chosen  by  many  people 
with  practical  ideas  of  life,  for  their  guidance. 

WASHINGTON  TIMES 
Washington,  D.  C. 

August  27,  1922. 

BLOOD  AND  NERVE  DISEASES,  by  Dr.  Axel 
Emil  Gibson.  Price  $1.50. 

The  doctor's  plan  for  the  treatment  of  nervousness 
is  very  satisfactory.  The  system  he  outlines  is  a 
really  excellent  one  and  if  followed  is  certain  to 
afford  a  maximum  of  relief. 


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